Varty Manouelian is a prizewinner of several international competitions including the Kotzian International Competition and the Wieniawski International Violin Competition, and has recorded and appeared as a soloist with numerous orchestras worldwide. Her chamber music performances include the Marlboro Music Festival, Apple Hill Festival, and El Paso Festival, among others. She has collaborated as a chamber musician with such artists as Yuja Wang, Kim Kashkashian, Rohan de Saram, Joshua Bell, Nobuko Imai, Thomas Adès, and members of the Juilliard, Guarneri, Tokyo, Brentano, Borromeo, and Mendelssohn string quartets. A member of the Los Angeles Philharmonic since 2004, Varty is also Lecturer of Violin at the UCLA Herb Alpert School of Music. She has performed at the Festival since 2001.
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